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Definition of Sterols
1. sterol [n] - See also: sterol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterols
Literary usage of Sterols
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physiological chemistry by Albert Prescott Mathews (1915)
"... WAXES, PHOSPHATIDES, sterols. It will be recalled that all living matter
contains a larger or smaller amount of organic substances which are soluble in ..."
2. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"FATS, OILS, WAXES, PHOSPHATIDES, sterols. It will be recalled that all living
matter contains a larger or smaller amount of organic substances which are ..."
3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"ALCOHOLS OF THE CYCLIC SERIES sterols 6 The members of this group contain ...
The sterols seem to play an important, although not yet fully understood role ..."
4. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"... characteristic are the sterols which are used in determining the animal or
vegetable origin of the fat. The sterols include cholesterin (cholesterol) ..."
5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Biology by Elmer Verner McCollum (1920)
"sterols. — The brain at different ages contains varying amounts of cholesterol (4-9 %)
and possibly several more or less closely related compounds of this ..."
6. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Biology by Elmer Verner McCollum (1916)
"sterols. — The brain at different ages contains varying amounts of cholesterol (4-9 %)
and possibly several more or less closely related compounds of this ..."
7. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Biology by Elmer Verner McCollum (1916)
"sterols. — The brain at different ages contains varying amounts of cholesterol (4-9 %)
and possibly several more or less closely related compounds of this ..."
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